Yubnub

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YubNub is a web-based command line that allows users to create commands and quickly access many internet services. This command line can be integrated into web browsers such as FireFox, IE, Opera, Safari, and even those on the BlackBerry and PSP. View more information about YubNub at the YubNub Wikipedia article, or jump right in and try some of the commands you find here at http://www.yubnub.org/.

While the WikiBook of YubNub commands provides an overview of what you can do with YubNub, it is by no means comprehensive. The purpose here is to help the reader become familiar with the more popular commands and discover how using YubNub can improve the web browsing experience. The text is divided into sections with the first part focusing on those commands commonly used to query search engines. The latter part is dedicated to those YubNub commands for more specific applications. The Appendix contains commentary, lists of commands sorted by domain (i.e. Google, Yahoo, etc.) and references to the source code.

These YubNub commands provide access to web applications or services other than search. It's a fine line, but in the Read/Write spectrum of the Web, this section should be devoted to commands that write.

Some commands are at best bookmarks or at worst spam. The commands listed here will help the would-be YubNub author stay clear of them and create something far more useful. Good commands are nominated to become Golden Eggs.

create (new or create2)

test, document, and submit a new command

CommandExists

To know if the argument is a YubNub command

split (or splitv)

display several webpages vertically in separate frames of same window or tab

splith

display several webpages horizontally in separate frames of same window or tab

two

view the results of two YubNub commands in the same window or tab

url

converts a YubNub command to a URL

man+

returns the YubNub manual page for a command if it exists, otherwise it returns the "create a command" page.

cmdData

Returns data from a command's man page.

similar

find YubNub commands similar to a given command or a given URL

kidsof

display a list of commands that use a given command

YubStats

Show some statistics of YubNub commands.

abv (or param)

execute a YubNub command without having to type parameter names

gui

creates a web interface for a YubNub command

yubsource

shortcut to YubNub source code repository

urlet

create a simple bookmarklet from a YubNub command

mash

applies several commands to a single word and return them in a single window or tab

This comparison is focuses more on the user experience and less on the actual implementation of commands. Sure there are differences, but if you have used Surfraw then you know that it's not much of a stretch.